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Vaṭasāvitrīpūjā, circa 1700-1850. = वटसावित्रीपूजा, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (5 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 28 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 371
Status/Location:
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Standardized Title:
Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. Selections.
Other Title:
Vaṭasāvitrīkathā pūjā.
Vaṭasāvitrīvratakathā.
Subjects:
Puja (Hinduism).
Vratas.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu women -- Religious life.
Form/Genre:
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Vows (vrata) taken and rites of worship (pūjā) performed by wives to extend the life of their husbands and avoid becoming widows; performed on specific days in Vaiśākha and Jyeṣṭha (between April and June).
Notes:
Title colophon (f. 5v); alternate title Vaṭasāvitrīkathā pūjā from title page (1r); second alternate title Vaṭasāvitrīvratakathā supplied by cataloger.
Written in 8 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti caṃdrārdhyaṃ // iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe vaṭasāvitrīpūjāsamāptā // śubhaṃ bhavat // (f. 5v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Previously housed with Ms. Coll. 390, Item 372, Item 373, and Item 374.
Non-Latin script record.
Cited in:
Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1571 (UP 371).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 371
OCLC:
781861969